Page holding device for books



Jan. 29, 1935. J. D. GRAY PAGE HOLDING DEVICE FOR BOOKS Filed June 4, 1934 Patented Jan. 29, 1935 *PAGEY HOLDING DEVI 1 John D. Gray; Valley omit. nak.

' isms-1 My invention relates to page holdersfor books and particularly to movable page holders.-

An object-of my invention is to provide a page holder for booksgwhereby the pages of-anopened book may be securely, held so-asto maintain a desired page-in exposed position; Another object is to provide such a page holder including a page holding element which is movable toward the top and bottom 'of apage held thereby so as tosuccessively expose all'portions of the page and so as to function as amarker for marking any desired .line of indiciaon.the page. m A further object is to provide such a page holder which is of simple, .lightpcompact, rugged and inexpensive construction,.which presents a neat appearance andwhich'may be easily and quickly placed inoperative position ormoved toward the top or bottom of a page held thereby.

These and other objects and advantages of the invention will be more fully set forth in the following description made in connection with the ac.- companying 'drawing,. in which like reference characters refer to similarparts'throughout'the several views, and in which: .J Fig. 1 is a partially broken away top view of an open book havingmy page holding device operatively attached to one of the covers thereof; Fig. 2 is a section taken along the line'2--2 of Fig. 1 as indicated by the arrows, and-"5 s Fig. 3 is apartial viewlooking toward the'free edge of the cover of the book'.

Referring to the .drawingpa book to whichmy device is shown'atta'ched includes covers C a back .sectionB and pages P. lv n A guide 4 is formed'of a relatively long strip of sheet material having its. longitudinal. edge portions turned to form inwardly directed flanges 4a disposed parallel to and spaced frorn'the cell-'- .40 tral portion of the stripe Themutuallyfacing edges of the respective flanges are arranged in spaced parallel relation to-each other.

At each end of the guide 4 an attachment ear 4b is formed for attachment of theguide to the cover C of a book. e'Ihe-guidei4'islapplied to'the outer side of one of the covers C of a book parallel to and closely adjacent the free outer edge of the cover. The guide 4 is attached to the cover C in the position described by means of rivets 40 or other fastening means securing the attachment ears 4b to the cover. The ears 4b are twisted slightly so as to space the one of the flanges 4a nearest the edge of the cover C a slight distance from the cover C as best shown in Fig. 2.

A flat rectangular element 5 is placed in the guide 4 between... the: flangesi4a sand the unturned or-back portion-of. the guide4'to'serveas aslider. Thel'sliderf5: is :ofxsuch width as to extendtransversely 0f: the :.1guide: 4lsubstantially. from one side. tov thetother thereof. .:.Obviously the ,slider.5 5 is free for rectilinear. movement longitudinally of the .guide 4:and is limited by.-.theguide 4.to such movement.

1.-A 'page'fiengaging element .or finger 6, formed of springmetal for. .other suitable resilient. material; 1 Q isrigidly securedi at oneof its ends to the medial portion- 0f the/slider 5 onth'e. side of theslider facing the sp'acewbetween -.-the edges of 1 the. respective flanges 4a of the l guide. .4. The -finger. 6 extends from its point of attachment tothe slider l5 5 through'the space between therespective, flanges 4a, through the. space betweensthe iedge of f the cover-C andv the flange 4a,.closest' adjacent thereto, around the -edge .of the cover! Ci'an'dsabove and transversely. of thezinner. side of. the-cover C :to- 0 ward the portion thereofadjoining the back section. B -ofzthexbook. The 'finger 6 .is of such length that it terminates in.:a-:.free;end.disposed above and slightly. outwardly.- of I the portion of the cover .0. immediatelyfadj oiningthe back 'section B of :the .25 book. The 'finger 6 is tensioned to: presstoward the innerisideofthe cover 0. 1 Innormal-use of-the'device'any desired number of .the' pages P 'ofa' book to which thedevice is I 'attached may be disposed-between the finger-6 $39 and the cover Ca -The finger. 6, beingtension'ed to press toward the cover C, will cooperatewith-the cover C? to grip" anyof the pages P disposed between the finger fi 'and the cover C. The finger fi may obviously be easily raised to place addi- .3 tional pages P thereunder or to remove pages P from thereun der. r. incethe fingr6''ismountedon a slider 5 which is'movablelongitudinally of; the g-uide 4it-may be moved'toward the top or bottoni ofa pageP held thereby to expo'seto of the page: g M g 1 h lfin rl .v be 'li edite dv n as a marker to identifyor 'or o'ther indicia on' the' v which the userjwishes t 3 g Y t v The finger 6"'maydf, 'coii e be "mo'vedito various positions so as to successively mark various lines in any desired order and in any of its positions it is disposed parallel to the lines.

The finger 6 is rigidly connected to the slider 5 as has been described and is preferably dis-' posed at right angles to the direction of movement of the slider 5 so as to interfere with view view desired {portion of a minimum number of lines of printing or other indicia.

A pair of my devices may be used with a single book if desired, each one being attached to one of the respective covers of the book in the manner previously described.

It is to be noted that the arrangement of my device is very neat and compact and that the slider 5 and the open side of the guide 4 are concealed from View. f

It is apparent that I have invented*-a'-novel, simple, compact and effective form of holder for pages of a book whereby the pages of an open-T: book may be held, wherein the page engaging element is movable to successively'expose to view all portions of a page held thereby, whichlgonceals a very small portion of a page and which may be efiectively used to marklines of indicia' on a page.

It will, of course, be understood that va rious changes may be made inithe form,vdetails,x pros portions and arrangement of the'parts, without departing from the scope ofrmy invention, which generally stated; consists -in. a"device capable of carrying out the objects above set? forth and in the 'novel parts and combinations: of parts disclosed and defined in the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A page holding device forb' ks comprising guide means extending along the. side .edgeportion; of one of the covers of a book,-an1element guided by said guidemeans formovement'longitudinallythereof andrrestrainedxby said guide means .aazainst other movement and a resilient page engaging element rigidiymountedat one of its portions on said first 'mentionedielement and extending in :another ofitsportions over the inner side of said cover, said page engaging element being tensioned to bear toward. said cover togrip between itself and saidscover anyipages of said ;book disposed therebetween; I

2. A page .holding deviceforbooks comprising guide means extending along the sidesedg'e portion of; a book; an element limited by said'guide meanslto movement longitudinally. thereofv and a resilient page engaging fingercrigidlymounted at one of its ends on :said first mentionedelemerit and extending therefrom sever the inner side of said cover, said nngenbeing tensioned to ress toward said cover to grip between itself and said cover any pages ofsaid'book disposed therebetween.. 1: 3. The structure. defined inclaim 2 and said finger .beinedisposedat rishtiangles to the direction of. mov ment of said first mentioned element.

4. A page holding device for bookscomprising guide means extending adjacent and parallel to the side edgeof one of the coversof a book and secured topthe outerside of said cover, an element guided by said means for movement longitudinally thereof and restrained. thereby against other. movement and a page engaging element carriedbysaid guidedelement and extending around the edge of; said cover and in: wardly across the inner side, of said cover to confine between itself "and said cover pages of said book disposed therebetween.

said finger extending from said element over and transverselyof the inner side of said cover and being tensioned to bear theretoward whereby .said finger will cooperate with said cover to grip pages of said book disposed between said finger and said cover.

,7. Aipage holding device for books comprising an element associated with one of the covers of a book adjacent the outer edge thereof, means for guiding said element for sliding movement toward'the upper and lower'edges of said cover and a page engaging finger mounted on said element and extending across the inner side of said cover toward the'back section of said book, said finger being formed of resilient material and being tensioned to press toward said cover so as to cooperate with said cover to grip any pages of said book disposed between said finger and said cover.

I 8. A page holding device for books comprising a guide extendingalong the side edge portion of enact the covers of a book, an element retained in said guide for longitudinal sliding movement relative thereto, a finger formed of resilient material secured to saidelement and extending therefrom over and. transversely of the inner side of said cover, said finger. being tensioned to bear toward'said cover to grip between itself and said cover any pages of said book disposed. therebetween. I

9. A. page holdingdevice'for books comprising aiguide extending along the outer side of theside edge portion of one of'the-covers of a book, an element retained in said guide for longitudinal rectilinear movement therein, a finger rigidly secured at one of its ends to said element and extending'therefromyaround the side .edge' of said cover and over and'transversely of the inner side of. said c0ver,.said fingeribeing constructed of resilient materialand'being tensioned to bear toward said cover whereby said finger will cooperate with said cover to grip pages of said book disposed between said finger and said cover.

10. A page holding device for books comprising guide means extending along the side edge portion of a cover of a book, an element guided by said guide means for movement longitudinally thereof and a page engaging finger, mounted at meet its endsgon said elementfextending therefrom over the'innerside of said cover and arranged to press towardsaidcover whereby any pages of said book disposed between said finger and'said cover will be gripped therebetween.

' I 'JOHND. GRAY. 

